Colossians 3:21
Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
KJV
οἱ πατέρες, μὴ ἐρεθίζετε τὰ τέκνα ὑμῶν, ἵνα μὴ ἀθυμῶσιν.
Greek NT
Patres, nolite ad indignationem provocare filios vestros, ut non pusillo animo fiant.
Vulgate
Fathers, provoke not your children, that they be not discouraged.
ASV
Fathers, provoke not your children to indignation, lest they be discouraged.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
8 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
μή
me
particle · 1033×
πατήρ
pater
noun · 412×
τέκνον
teknon
noun · 99×
ἀθυμέω
athumeo
verb · 1×
ἐρεθίζω
erethizo
verb · 2×
ἵνα
ina
conjunction · 665×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×
Themes
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Catechism of the Catholic Church · 2 passages
§2204"The Christian family constitutes a specific revelation and realization of ecclesial communion, and for this reason it can and should be called a domestic church."9 It is a community of faith, hope, and charity; it assumes singular importance in the Church, as is evident in the New Testament.10
§2286Scandal can be provoked by laws or institutions, by fashion or opinion. Therefore, they are guilty of scandal who establish laws or social structures leading to the decline of morals and the corruption of religious practice, or to "social conditions that, intentionally or not, make Christian conduct and obedience to the Commandments difficult and practically impossible."87 This…
Cross-references
- 1Thess 2:11 — As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children,
- Col 3:19 — Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.
- Eph 6:4 — And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
- Eph 6:4 — And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
- Heb 12:5 — And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:
- Prov 3:12 — For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
- Prov 4:1 — Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
- Ps 103:13 — Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him.